112 LA PRISE LEFT IN CHARGE OF THE BAGGAGE. 



were to ascend ; so, without noticing the very 

 significant gestures of my crew, indicating the 

 impossibility of ascending it, I immediately 

 landed, and set them about drying and tho- 

 roughly repairing the small canoe. An addi- 

 tional blanket or two, with some other requisites, 

 having been set apart, all the other baggage, 

 together with the large canoe, was placed under 

 the charge of La Prise, who undertook to wait 

 for and deliver them to Mr. M'Leod. 



The observations to-day gave the latitude 

 62° 50' 15" N., longitude 109° 47' 54' W., and 

 variation 36° 52 ' E. 



